/*
* $Id: VerticalTextInCells.java 3373 2008-05-12 16:21:24Z xlv $
*
* This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'.
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* http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/
*
* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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package com.lowagie.examples.objects.tables.pdfptable;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Image;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfTemplate;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
* Vertical Text in Cells.
*/
public class VerticalTextInCells {
/**
* Example with vertical text in Cells.
* @param args
* no arguments needed
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Vertical text in cells");
// step1
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
try {
// step2
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("VerticalText.pdf"));
// step3
document.open();
// step4
// make a PdfTemplate with the vertical text
PdfTemplate template = writer.getDirectContent().createTemplate(20, 20);
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("Helvetica", "winansi", false);
String text = "Vertical";
float size = 16;
float width = bf.getWidthPoint(text, size);
template.beginText();
template.setRGBColorFillF(1, 1, 1);
template.setFontAndSize(bf, size);
template.setTextMatrix(0, 2);
template.showText(text);
template.endText();
template.setWidth(width);
template.setHeight(size + 2);
// make an Image object from the template
Image img = Image.getInstance(template);
img.setRotationDegrees(90);
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
table.setWidthPercentage(100);
table.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
table.getDefaultCell().setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(img);
cell.setPadding(4);
cell.setBackgroundColor(new Color(0, 0, 255));
cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
table.addCell("I see a template on my right");
table.addCell(cell);
table.addCell("I see a template on my left");
table.addCell(cell);
table.addCell("I see a template everywhere");
table.addCell(cell);
table.addCell("I see a template on my right");
table.addCell(cell);
table.addCell("I see a template on my left");
document.add(table);
}
catch (Exception de) {
de.printStackTrace();
}
// step5
document.close();
}
}